The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-26

the house October opp the Judge of
instruction asked her.
Eyes, I do"
you took a revolver out of the
bureau, and you haven't mentioned the
fact"
II did, but Irefrained from saying
any thing about it because l did not
wish to have to say that I was afraid
my husband might shoot one Or the
other of US
"What did you do with the pistolp"
II put it behind a vase IN the man
tel-piece in my husbands apartment,
intending to remove it. but I forgot
it?"
In consultation afterward the Judge
said to Coupe, a detective:
"This woman does not talk nor look
like a guilty person. If she is not guilty
and, mark you, she has just the sun
Of money she says she went for to her
boudoir, and the missing watch has not
been found near her or about her-if
she is not the assassin, how came the
murderer to find the pistol hidden be-
hind the vase? You have seen the
vase, and know just how and where
she laid it. Is it possible that any one
whom Nine. Sasson left behind her did
the deedp"
This suggestion put the detective on
a line of inquiry, and he pursued it
with vigor, but found no clue. Nine.
Sasson was convicted of the killing OF
her husband and sentenced to fifteen
years imprisonment. Jean Chauban,
the former valet Of NJ. Sasson, assumed
the name of Roumaine and opened a
wine shop in the Rue Grouse, near the
Bots de Boulogne. Six months
after Nine. Seasons conviction,
in the spring of 1866, De-
t~ective Coupe was looking for a
wandering swindler who had cheated
several charitable ladies in the suburbs
of the city. In his wanderings Coupe
dropped into the wine shop of Jean
Roumaine, and was soon on friendly
terms with that gentleman, for he i'm
mediately identified him, deliberately
transformed as he was, as M. SEASONS
former valet, whom he had watched for
q month in various disguises to see
whether he could connect him with the
crime of October 20. M. Roumaine had
a splendid gold chain on his vest, and
Coupe asked him the time. He pulled
out an elegant repeater, which Coupe
had no hesitation in saying exactly
answered the description of the watch
stolen from M. Sasson when he was
murdered.
"A fine watch" said the officer.
"Yes-a present from a dead friend"
answered Roumaine. -,
"Ah, very precious, no doubt said
the officer.
"A sad Remembrance was the re-
ply, with an assumed look of sorrow.
II once knew a gentleman who had a
watch just like that" said a detective,
land, strange to say, he is dead, also.'
"A coincidence" said the valet.
won't monsieur drinkP'
Thanks" was the reply. 1T is a
strange coincidence, and, would you
believe it, my friend was murdered.
Why, monsieur, what is the matter
with you? Was your friend murdered
also?"
"No, no, not that, monsieur" was the
answer; "but your words startled me.
Murder, you see, is such a dreadful
thing, and one never knows, in this
great city, who he has near him.
THAT is very true" said the officer;
"My poor friend, for instance, didn't
know. Listen, it is very strange. The
Jury said that my friend was murdered
by his wife-think Of that; but 1 say he
was murdered by his valet"
Roumaine, pale as q ghost, was star
ing with alarmed gaze right at the Off
Ger and clinging with both hands to the
counter.
"Let us drink" said the officer ap-
parently not noticing the state in which
Roumaine was. Coupe filled his glass
with brandy and Roumaine did the
same.
..You feel strong and refreshed?"
asked the officer. "Just so; now if you
please, you will put on your coat and
come along with me, Jean Chauban,
for you're wanted for the murder OF
M. Season."
As Coupe covered the man with his
revolver at the moment he uttered
these words there was no help for him.
Quietly and without any show of resist
ance, Roumaine went with the officer.
The watch in his possession, the money
which he had invested in the wine
shop, were evidence against him, and
at lenghth he broke down and con-
fessed his guilt.
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